Activity & Backups: verify empty state is logical and helpful to explain how Backups work

[lancewillett]

Question: What does the empty state of the Activity & Backups screen look like for an Atomic site?

When you land on the page — might you be confused about “activity being empty” — given that maybe backups aren't working, and you've contacted support?

Suggested by @annezazu

Here's what the current Activity empty state looks like:

[lancewillett]

Here's the current empty state for a brand new Jetpack site. (I created a new site with Jurassic Ninja, connected it to WordPress.com, and purchased a Jetpack Personal plan for it.)

Suggested adjustments:

• Add Backups to the title of the page; maybe change the image, too
• "Welcome to your site’s activity" — add in backups here, too
• "Explore the list below or filter events by type and date range to quickly find the information you need." — maybe add a note that Backups is the default view

[lancewillett]

Sharing the full visual flow, to give context to this user experience.

[lancewillett]

Here's the email I received, with subject line Welcome to Jetpack! Check out your new tools.

[lancewillett]

The "Manage backups" URL goes to https://wordpress.com/activity-log/174205420 — and shows the same Empty State "Welcome to your site’s activity" banner since I haven't dismissed it yet.

This URL doesn't need the extra query string to pre-filter the Backup items — because there aren't any yet to view!

[annezazu]

Here's what another view of an empty state looks like:

Of note, this makes it seem as if the site doesn't have any overall activity either! I do like that it allows you to "Remove All Filters" but believe more can be done here.

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